Yes. He assumes that other countries won’t get the message that they’re living in a jungle world, and react accordingly. European nations and Canada, pushing up defence expenditure may well be a case… (View Post)

Cynicism, and alienation of Western populations towards their governments, suits the purposes of the world’s dictators perfectly. If our leaders don’t think that their societies are worth defending, … (View Post)

The plan was to “keep buggering on.” What other plan in war can there be? (View Post)

Far be it from me to defend SKS, but only a fool would prefer Trump, let alone Putin. (View Post)

The fact that Russia’s least cruel ruler was probably Catherine the Great, 250 years ago, says everything about the place. It’s like a massive version of Sparta, with violence cascading from top to b… (View Post)